Lid for cooking vessels.



F. W. HAVERLEY.

LID FOR COOKING VESSELS.

APPLIQATIOLN FILED MAY 29, 1914.

1,1 23,285, Iiatented Jan. 5, 1915.

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FOSTER W. HAVERLEY, OF COVINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

LID FOR COOKING VESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Application filed May 29, 1914. Serial No. 841,845.

' Covington, in the county of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lids for Cooking Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lids for cooking vessels such as frying pans, kettles, and the like, the primary object being to provide a lid which includes readily adjustable sections, which are adapted to be arranged in superimposed relation to each other, the lower section being adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the cooking vessel and having a medial vent therein for the escape of steam, the top section being slightly larger in area than the vent in the lower section and being adapted to be supported in spaced relation to the other section in opened position or to bear directly upon the same in closed position. WVhen the top section of the lid is in its closed position, the ordinary tight lid will be afforded, whereas, when the said section is secured in its elevated, opened position, the vent in the body section will be open so as to provide for the escape of steam or other volatile fluids, but the spattering of grease or the escape of any solid matter while being cooked will be prevented by the overlying top section.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is extremely simple in construction so as to be inexpensive in cost of manufacture, and very light and durable.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device in use upon a cooking vessel, a portion of the former being broken away, the top section being shown in its opened position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the lid alone with its top section in opened position; and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the top section in its closed position.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a cooking vessel of an ordinary well-known type, upon the upper edge of which the body section 2 of the improved lid isqadapted to rest. This lid section is providedv medially with a large aperture 3, the portion of the lid marginal to the aperture being inclined downwardly toward the same so as to afford a draining surface t for a purpose which will be disclosed presently. A supporting member 5, which is formed from a single strip of resilient material, is secured to the upper. face of the body section 2 adjacent to its outer edge and extends diametrically across the same. The outer portions of the member 5 overlie the section 2 at such a distance therefrom that yieldable jaws 6 are provided for use in securing the outer edges of a top section 7 in its lower-most, closed position, wherein it rests upon the body section of the lid as a support. This top section is similar in shape to the body section but is constructed smaller in diameter than the same, it being slightly larger than the vent opening 3 so as to overlie the same. In-

wardly of the jaw portions 6 of the supporting member, the material from which it is formed is doubled back upon these portions in the form of folds 8, whereby sets of coacting spring jaws 9 and 10 are afi'orded for engagement with the outer edges of the top section to secure the same in its elevated, opened position above the vent opening in the body section. The closed position of the top section of the lid is shown particularly in Fig. 4, the opened position of the top sec tion being shown in the preceding figures.

In order that the lid as a whole may be grasped conveniently when it is is desired to lift or transport the same while heated, a handle 11 of poor conducting material is provided upon the upper face of the supporting member 5, medially thereof. A manipulating handle 12, is also provided medially upon the top section of the lid in order that it may be operated independently of the body section.

hen it is desired to have the ordinary tight lid, the top section is wedged between the body section and the lowermost jaws 6 of the supporting member into a position overlying and closing the vent opening 3 in the body section. When cooking certain food products and particularly at certain stages in such operations, it is essential that the steam or other volatile matter may escape freely from the cooking vessel. Ordinarily, the usual form of lid is partially removed from the top of the vessel so as to open a part of the same for this purpose. This practice is objectionable from the reason that grease and solid products are apt to escape and spatter over the stove or on to the Opening will strike the under surface of-the top section and will be deflected onto the vdraining surface 4 so that it will return'it to the cooking vessel without doing anydamage.

WVhat is claimed is 1. A'lid of the class described comprising a body section having a medial vent opening therein, a top section adapted to overlie the vent opening in closed position, and a supporting member in the form of a diametrically extending strip ofresilient material secured to the outer edges of the body section in superimposed relation thereto, the outer end portions of the strip being bent back to form outwardlyprojecting, upper-most folds affording yieldable jaws for the reception of'the edges of the top section to secure the same inopened position spaced above the opening in the body section.

'A' lid ofthe'rclass described comprising a body section having a medial ventop'ening therein, a top section adapted to overlie the vent opening in closed position. and a supporting member in the form of a diametrir cally' extending strip of resilient material secured to the outer edges of the body section in superimposed relation thereto, the outer end portions of the strip being bent back to dorm outwardly projecting, upper-most folds -afi"ording yieldable jawsfor the reception-of the edges of the top section to secure the same in opened 'position' spaced above Copies of this patent may be obtained for forming yieldablejaws adapted for engagement with the upper faceofthe top section in closed position to secure the same detach ably to the body section.

3 A lid of the class described comprising a body section having a medial vent opening therein, a top section adapted to overlie the vent opening in closed position, a supportingmember in the form of a diametrically extendingstri'p of resilient material'seclured to the outer edges of'the body section in snperimposed relation thereto, the outer end portions of the strip being bent back to form outwardly projecting, upper-most folds affording yieldable-jaws for the reception of the edges of the top section to secure the same inopened positionspacedabove the opening in the body section, and a handle provided upon the supporting member.

4. A lid of the'class described comprising a body section having a medial vent opening therein, a top section adapted'to overlie the vent opening in closed position, a supporting memberin the form of a diametrically extending'strip of resilient material secured to the outer edges of the body section in superimposed relation thereto, the outer end portions of the strip being bent back to form outwardly projecting, upper-most folds affording yielda'ble'jaws for the reception of the edges of the top section to secure the same in opened position spaced above-the opening in the body' section, a handle provided upon the supporting member, and a handle provided upon-the top section of the lid.- I In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

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WVitn'esses:

CHAS. C. REDFIELD,

JOHN KENDRICK.

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